Barro, Charente

Barro
Town hall
Barro
Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Barro
Coordinates: 46°00′05″N 0°13′39″E / 46.0014°N 0.2275°ECoordinates: 46°00′05″N 0°13′39″E / 46.0014°N 0.2275°E
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Charente-Nord
Intercommunality	Ruffec
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Paul Gaildraud
Area^1	10.65 km^2 (4.11 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	354
• Density	33/km^2 (86/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	16031 / 16700
Elevation	77–164 m (253–538 ft) (avg. 85 m or 279 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Barro is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	461	—
1800	451	−2.2%
1806	537	+19.1%
1821	425	−20.9%
1831	523	+23.1%
1841	548	+4.8%
1846	534	−2.6%
1851	533	−0.2%
1856	535	+0.4%
1861	502	−6.2%
1866	453	−9.8%
1872	443	−2.2%
1876	439	−0.9%
1881	441	+0.5%
1886	454	+2.9%
1891	419	−7.7%
1896	373	−11.0%
1901	368	−1.3%
1906	332	−9.8%
1911	336	+1.2%
1921	327	−2.7%
1926	317	−3.1%
1931	305	−3.8%
1936	287	−5.9%
1946	282	−1.7%
1954	310	+9.9%
1962	254	−18.1%
1968	223	−12.2%
1975	206	−7.6%
1982	231	+12.1%
1990	258	+11.7%
1999	265	+2.7%
2008	354	+33.6%

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

References

• INSEE